New Delhi: Decomposed bodies of an e-rickshaw driver, his wife and three children were found inside their rented house in northeast Delhi's Bhajanpura area under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday morning, police said. The deceased were identified as Shambhu Chaudhary (43), Sunita (37), Shivam (17), Sachin (14) and Komal (12), they said. Police received information at 11.16 am from Shambhu's neighbours, who complained of foul smell emanating from the house. Police personnel broke open the door of the house and found the five decomposed bodies.

The bodies of the three children were found in one room and that of the couple in another room, police said. "Today, we received information that foul smell was emanating from a house. Police reached the spot and broke open the door which was locked from outside. They found the bodies of five people, including three children," Joint Commissioner of Police (East) Alok Kumar said. "It is too early to say the reason of death. The bodies were in a highly decomposed state. The cause of death will be ascertained after postmortem," Kumar said. The postmortem will be conducted at GTB hospital, police said. A forensic team has also been called in, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) Ved Prakash Surya.